Egg poacher



1954 I I G. C. WYMAN 2,666,551

EGG POACHER Filed Jan. 13, 1949 Patented Jan. 19, 1954 I POACHER Glenn C. Wyman; Rome, N; 'Y., assignor to" Revere- CopperandrBrass Incorporated, Rome,- N.--Y.,- a corporation of Maryland Application'JanuaryB, 19'49;S erial No. 702734" 4 Claims.

1 V ltiyinventionrelet'esto eggpoac'hers. The 'in'vention has emong 'its objects eg poe'cher having provision for d'etachably securing aetable fork or the like-to the'egg p'oamhingcups to=permit theirready removal end-insertion when: theYpOa cheB'iS-hot. The-invention, howevenwillbe best understood from the followin'g description when read in the light of the accomperiyingdrawingsiof several embodiments of the invention selectecl' for illustrative"purposes; while the" scope ing to; a section on the line ll: of Fig; 'Z'With' partsrin eleva'ti'on;

Fig; 2 isa-plan of theeggp'oacher with the" cover removedand. at. table forki attached to one of theegg'poeohing cups;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentarysection onfthe line-3 ofFig. 2, on' an enlarged. scale and'with'pa'rts' omitted and parts in elevation;

.Fi'gxis a plan' of the: handle portionivofi the eggpoechingcup aceorcling to Fig; 3;

Fig. 5- isasection on. the line 5-5 of'Fige 4; Fig. '6 is .2, section on the 1ine"'6'Brof"Fig; 35; -Fig;. '7' is e. plancor arteble fork'which may be employed in connection With'-' the poacher" il1ustratedvby the other figures-oi-the-drawings;

Fig. 8 is asection on the line' t i-of Fig.2; Fig. 9 is a bottom view'of a handle portion: of"

one of theegg poztchingi'cups with 'the" fo'rki attached,- corresponding to a bottom View of" the: fork rand-1 handle portionor" .the' egg; poaching: cup to-which it is attached shown-1 by Fig; 2;: and

"Fig. IG 'is-a glen: of. the handle endedjacentc portions of a, moiiified form of-egg poaehin'gcup.

. Referring to thewdrewii'igs, the-regg 'poacher illustrated comprises azcontei-ner' for thepo'aching' liquid. such asWeter, which container "may lee-v an. ordinary; skillet: having: a bottom ,I si'cle wellsr' 3- and-e handle extension 5" carried Sby'rthe side Walls.

Asshown-,.- removably. carried by the skillet is 21 to rest on the upper edgeuofuthe side Wells"; oi

the sliil1et, the flange 5i oflthe supportbeing, receilved by therskilletlpreferably With r inimum 2 beset-of? the flange te is shown: as n BeShOZCt ediel-ly extending, end preier of cleeranee betWeensaiwfl'engeiand the inner surfaces of the-sicle we lls of thesirillet soas tore'duceto i a minimum lateral movement oi" the support relative to the-skillet.

. shown; the skillet' isproviderl with a removael'e imperforete cover it having lower annular flange adapted to be received Within the open ing presented-Toy I the: annular flange 9 or the egg poac ng "cunsu-pport; 'Fhe cover e'c'ent the As shown; the-plate 13 is ionnefdfwi th openingsl-t whic'h receive the egg poeching cups 2i, the

side walls of the letter at their upper edges bein'g" onttnrned :to provide enmi'lerradie'lly projecting flanges: 23 i'e'stingzon th'e upper-s e or: the'plet'e adiecent -thempenings F9; 'The side Wells of the cups-- pirefer-ably fit" the openingsv i fairly closely so" as to restrain: the" cup's against substantial lateral :movement relative to the" plate beaund'erstood that:the' poa ching eu s e end downwards-farenough'rbel'ow the plate" Z to nae-pt themi-to dipinto therpoaching liquiel',u=tl1e-plete being: shown :as: formed-with:perforetions' 25 for permitting; the-space: beneath: the skillet cover to -ber filled With steam sos that" all portions of the eggs in thepoanhingzcnps will be' subjected to cooking temperature:

, Asrshown eech-;.peaching 'cup'islprovided with upwer vxinclin'ed;hen'dlerconstituted' ally extending: portion of. the ennuler flenge 23" of the cup. As shown, this handle is stri up toiorm e downweerdly opening groove on ch ln'el Z'Lhavinge; top We'll ze andoppositefs le -Hells the-groove/at oneiendiopenirigiowthe free en the hendle. iPrefera-blm andes shown; the

positeside': walls 31 0f the grooteteper toward or Thehandle of theiegg poaching: cup, shown;

is designed tmadaptit forremoveble'etteohment to :the tinesofietable'fork; for exarnnle thetIill"e'-- trateoi ...in. 7, when said tines are presentede idiuiseto the handle endvthe foriemushetitte- Xtending shoulder" which rests Will ail ward the cup. The two center tines 35 of the fork are received in the groove ill, the handle being preferably so designed that the outer edges of these two tines bear against the inner surfaces of the side walls 3| of the groove, the taper of these walls toward each other serving to spring the tines toward each other so that they bind frictionally against said walls. "When the tines :35 of the fork are so inserted the two outer tines 31 are opposed to the upper sides of the fianges 35 of the handle, the parts preferably being so designed that the tines 3? contact with said upper sides while the tines 35 contact with the under side of the top wall 2% of the groove, this construction acting to reduce to a minimum tilting of the cup relative to the fork when the latter is employed for lifting the cup. In these connections it will be understood that the opening I9 in the plate a which receives the cup being of such diameter as to prevent substantial movement of the cup relative to the plate permits the fork readily to be inserted in the handle of the cup at the end of the poaching operation for removing the cup, and likewise the tines of the fork readily to be withdrawn from the handle after the cup by use of the fork is placed in the opening !9.

As shown by Fig. 10, if desired the top wall 29 of the cup handle may be notched across its full width ad acent the free end of the handle, as shown at 39 (Fig. 10) which permits the end portions of the two outer tines Bl of the fork to be placed on the side flanges 33 prior to the two center tines 35 bein entered into the groove, so that by sliding the tines toward the body of the cup the two outer tines will act to guide the two center tines into the groove. In this way the fork mav be attached to the cup handle with greater facility.

It will be understood that a three-tined fork or the like may be employed for attachment to V the cup handle, in which case only the center tine entering the groove 2'3. Also it will be understood that it is not absolutely necessary that the two outermost tines of the fork bear a ainst the upper surfaces of the side flanges 33 of the cup handle, and the tines between the outer tines bear against the under side of the top wall 29 of the groove 27 in the handle, for the full lengths of the portions of the tines received by the handle, although that is the preferred construction as it reduces to a minimum tilting of the cup relative to the fork. It further will be understood that within the scope of the appended claims other and wide deviations may be made from the forms of the invention described without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A cup having a laterally extending handle adiacent its brim, which handle is shaped to present a longitudinally extending downwardly opening groove whcih at one end opens on the free end of said handle, and further to present a lon itudinally extending flan e at each of opposite sides of said groove exteriorly thereof, the upper sides of which flanges are at a level below the bottom interior surface of said groove, the groove being adapted to receive the two center tines of a four-tined table fork presented endwise to the free end of said handle with the two: outer tines positioned above said flanges whereby the upper sides of said center tines may co-- act with said bottom interior surface of said groove and the under sides of said two outer tines,

coact with the upper sides of said; flanges to preadjacent its brim, which handle is shaped to present a longitudinally extending downwardly opening groove which at one end opens on the free end of said handle, the interior side walls of said groove tapering toward each other from such end of said handle, and further to present a longitudinally extending flange at each of opposite sides of said groove exteriorly thereof, the

upper sides of which flanges are at a level below the bottom interior surface of said groove, the groove being adapted to receive the two center tines of a four-tined table fork presented endwise to the free end of said handle with the two outer tines positioned above said flanges whereby the upper sides of said center tines may coact with said bottom interior surface of said groove and the under sides of said two outer tines coact with the upper sides of said flanges to prevent tilting of said .cup relative to said fork when the latter is used for lifting said cup, the side walls of said groove being adapted to engage and spring toward each other the two center tines for causing them frictionally to bind against said side walls for frictionally removably securing said fork to said handle.

3. An egg poacher comprising an egg poaching cup and a part for removably supporting said cup for immersion in and removal from the poaching liquid adapted to restrain the cup substantially against lateral movement when it supports the cup; said cup being fixedly provided with a latorally projecting handle having a free end and elongated portions extending longitudinally thereof from such end for eoacting with the tines of a table fork or the like having at least three tines, for adapting such fork, when the cup is so supported and restrained and such tines are presented endwise to said free end of said handle and the fork is pushed longitudinally of the handle toward the cup, to be r movably secured to the handle for serving as a handle extension, said elongated longitudinally extending portions of the handle including a longitudinally extending groove opening on the free end of the handle and having a substantially flat bottom lying in one plane and side walls, lateral flanges integral with the sides of the walls of the groove and oifset from the bottom of the groove and having faces which face in the opposite direction from the bottom of the groove lie in a common plane spaced from the plane of the bottom of the groove a distance substantially the thickness of the tines of a table fork, the width of the bottom of the groove being less than the width of a table fork, whereby the fork may be secured with at least one tine lying in the groove in contact with the bottom of the groove and one tine contacting said face of each flange.

4. An egg poacher comprising an e g poaching cup and a part for reniovably supporting said cup for immersion in and removal from the poaching liquid adapted to restrain the cup substantially against lateral movement when it supports the cup; said cup being fixedly provided with a laterally projecting handle having a free end and elongated portions extending longitudinally thereof from such end for coacting with the tines of a table fork or the like having at least four tines, for adapting such fork, when the cu is so supported and restrained and such tines are presented endwise to said free end of said handle and the fork is pushed longitudinally of the handle toward the cup, to be removably secured to the handle for serving as a handle extension, said elongated longitudinally extending portions of the handle including a longitudinally extending groove opening on the free end of the handle and having a substantially flat bottom lying in one plane and side walls, said side walls converging inwardly, lateral flanges integral with the sides of the walls of the said groove and offset from the bottom of the groove and having faces which face in the opposite direction from the bottom of the groove and lie in a common plane spaced from the plane of the bottom of the groove a distance substantially the thickness of the tines of a table fork, the width of the bottom of the groove being less than the width of a table fork,

whereby the fork may be secured with at least two tines lying in the groove in contact with the bottom of the groove and one tine contacting said face of each flange and with the remotely opposite side faces of the tines in the groove frictionally in contact with the side walls of the groove.

GLENN C. WYMAN.

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